The One Year Bible KJV (141 page)
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22
 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
23
 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24
 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
25
 Jesus answered them,
I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
26
Â
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
27
Â
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28
Â
and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any
man
pluck them out of my hand.
29
Â
My Father, which gave
them
me, is greater than all; and no
man
is able to pluck
them
out of my Father's hand.
30
Â
I and
my
Father are one.
31
 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32
 Jesus answered them,
Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33
 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34
 Jesus answered them,
Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35
Â
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36
Â
say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37
Â
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38
Â
But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father
is
in me, and I in him.
39
 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
40
 and went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
41
 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
42
 And many believed on him there.
1
 I love the L
ORD
, because he hath heard my voice
and
my supplications.
2
 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon
him
as long as I live.
3
 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
4
 Then called I upon the name of the L
ORD
; O L
ORD
, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
5
 Gracious
is
the L
ORD
, and righteous; yea, our God
is
merciful.
6
 The L
ORD
preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
7
 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the L
ORD
hath dealt bountifully with thee.
8
 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears,
and
my feet from falling.
9
 I will walk before the L
ORD
in the land of the living.
10
 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
11
 I said in my haste, All men
are
liars.
12
 What shall I render unto the L
ORD
for
all his benefits toward me?
13
 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the L
ORD
.
14
 I will pay my vows unto the L
ORD
now in the presence of all his people.
15
 Precious in the sight of the L
ORD
is
the death of his saints.
16
 O L
ORD
, truly I
am
thy servant; I
am
thy servant,
and
the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
17
 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the L
ORD
.
18
 I will pay my vows unto the L
ORD
now in the presence of all his people,
19
 In the courts of the L
ORD
's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the L
ORD
.
20
 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
21
 Folly
is
joy to
him that is
destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
1
 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah,
which is
before Jeshimon?
2
 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
3
 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which
is
before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
4
 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
5
 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
6
 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?
And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
7
 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
8
 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not
smite
him the second time.
9
 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the L
ORD
's anointed, and be guiltless?
10
 David said furthermore,
As
the L
ORD
liveth, the L
ORD
shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
11
 The L
ORD
forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the L
ORD
's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that
is
at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
12
 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw
it,
nor knew
it,
neither awaked: for they
were
all asleep; because a deep sleep from the L
ORD
was fallen upon them.
13
 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space
being
between them:
14
 and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner?
Then Abner answered and said, Who
art
thou
that
criest to the king?
15
 And David said to Abner,
Art
not thou a
valiant
man? and who
is
like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.
16
 This thing
is
not good that thou hast done.
As
the L
ORD
liveth, ye
are
worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the L
ORD
's anointed. And now see where the king's spear
is,
and the cruse of water that
was
at his bolster.
17
 And Saul knew David's voice, and said,
Is
this thy voice, my son David?
And David said,
It is
my voice, my lord, O king.
18
 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil
is
in mine hand?
19
 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the L
ORD
have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if
they be
the children of men, cursed
be
they before the L
ORD
; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the L
ORD
, saying, Go, serve other gods.
20
 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the L
ORD
: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
21
 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
22
 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
23
 The L
ORD
render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the L
ORD
delivered thee into
my
hand today, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the L
ORD
's anointed.
24
 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the L
ORD
, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
25
 Then Saul said to David, Blessed
be
thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great
things,
and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
27:
1
 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul:
there is
nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
2
 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that
were
with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3
 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household,
even
David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
4
 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
5
 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
6
 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
7
 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
8
 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those
nations were
of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
9
 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
10
 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
11
 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring
tidings
to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so
will be
his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
12
 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
28:
1
 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
2
 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do.
And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
3
 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
4
 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
5
 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
6
 And when Saul inquired of the L
ORD
, the L
ORD
answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
7
 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.
And his servants said to him, Behold,
there is
a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.
8
 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me
him
up, whom I shall name unto thee.
9
 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
10
 And Saul sware to her by the L
ORD
, saying,
As
the L
ORD
liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
11
 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee?
And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
12
 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou
art
Saul.
13
 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou?
And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
14
 And he said unto her, What form
is
he of?
And she said, An old man cometh up; and he
is
covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it
was
Samuel, and he stooped with
his
face to the ground, and bowed himself.
15
 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up?
And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
16
 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the L
ORD
is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
17
 And the L
ORD
hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the L
ORD
hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour,
even
to David:
18
 because thou obeyedst not the voice of the L
ORD
, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the L
ORD
done this thing unto thee this day.
19
 Moreover the L
ORD
will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and tomorrow
shalt
thou and thy sons
be
with me: the L
ORD
also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
20
 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
21
 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
22
 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
23
 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
24
 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded
it,
and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
25
 and she brought
it
before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.